Iron Kingdom: The Rise and Downfall of Prussia (Clark, 2006)
1600–1947 · Resource
Christopher Clark's history of Prussia from frontier margraviate to the state that made Germany — and was abolished for it. The unification chapters are the standard account of Bismarck's three wars.
On these timelines: Resources: Combined, Popular history books
Around 1600
- Spanish Armada (1588)
- French Wars of Religion (1562)
- English Civil War (1642)
- Thirty Years' War (1618)
- Eighty Years' War / Dutch Revolt (1568)
- William Shakespeare (1564)
- Edo period (1603)
- Qing dynasty (1644)
- Peace of Westphalia (1648)
- Reign of Elizabeth I (1558)